The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-12
FLORIDA

There are 80 persons in Volusia county
subject 10 military duty, and $500 IN the
entire State.
John Purdy. chief of the engineering de-
partment OF the Pensacola navy yard, died
Monday night.
The drill in the artesian well at DeLand
has reached a depth of over 400 feet and Is
still pecking away
One merchant in jacksonville has paid in
freights 70 one railroad company nearly
$4,000 in three months.
Rudolph Frank, who lives about a mile
north Of DeLand, put out persimmon gratis
last February, and now they average over
six feet In length and an inch in diameter,
some having four limbs.
TIE convention held at Gainesville
Wednesday in behalf Of prohibition was
largely attended by delegates from all parts
Of the country. About 800 were present at
the opera house, where the convention was
held.
Many improvements win be made in the
DeI.and University before the next session
opens A library Of 900 volumes is to be
added, which has been long needed. Two
new recitation rooms are TO be added, the
grounds are to be beautihed, croquet grounds
and tennis courts are 70 be prepared, and III
fact everything is TO be FURNISHED and i'm
proved
Attorney B. NJ. Miller, of Seville, was
in DeIand Tuesday. He came on legal
business in the case OF Ropes vs. Eldridge.
This case, by the way, is curiosity, or at
least the prOmissOry note on which the case
is basd. Is The original note was for SIS,
but the interest TO date sums it up to 81 700
The interest charged was one-fourth Of one
per cent. per day.
H. A. DeIand has offered TO lease the
vacant lot opposite the DeLand laundry 70
the military company for one year for a
parade ground. The company has decided
10 accept the offer, and as soon as the papers
are all ready the ground will be graded,
sodded with Bermuda grass, fenced, and
band-stand erected II is also expected that
an electric light will be put on the ground
Pursuant to a call previously made, mem
bers Of the bar from different parts Of the
State met at Live Oak, July "a, for the
purpose of organizing State Bar Associa-
ton. at which time II was determined by
those present 10 defer permanent organiza-
ton 10 a meeting to be held at Gainesville,
Fla, Sept Is. TO this end the committee
appointed to invite the bar of the State to
be present at that time and assist in this or
ganiZation is now sending out invitations.
The following appointments were made
Wednesday as supervisors of registration:
Robert F. Allison for Suwannee county;
Thomas f. Mash for Wakulla county; w.
w Jeter for Liberty county; f. L. Odom
for Bradford county; G. r. Kelly, for Tay
lor county Other offices were filled as fol
lows: Eppes Tucker to be member Of Board
Of Health Of Polk county; W. G. Alexander
to be County Surveyor of fernando county;
w. n. Sheats TO be Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction for Alachua county; A. J.
Garter to be County Commissioner of Bre-
ward COUNTY.
At Pensacola Tuesday as Henry Berry,
who was engaged in driving some cattle
over the bridge on the Intendencia street
road 10 Perdido, a mustang he was riding
made a sudden buck, throwing his rider for
ward The latters clothes caught on the
polnmel OF the saddle and nc fell on the
bridge, sustaining serious injuries about the
! head. He was removed to the residence of
| his uncle, W j. Berry, where a physician
examined him. The latter is Of the opinion
that the base of the skull is fractured, which
in nearly every instance Is a fatal wound.
The physician would say nothing positive
The patient was, at last accounts, uncon-
scious from the shock.
The Rev. Gilbert Gordon died at Orlando
Wednesday at the advanced age of so wears
| Mr.. Gordon entered the Presbyterian min
istry in 1896, and has been constantly en-
| gagged in labors for the church ever since, n
period of more than fifty years. He was
| for thirty years located at Louisville, Ky,
where he left host Of friends and well
earned reputation as a clergyman. He
came TO Florida nearly seven years ago to
! seek relief from a bronchial trouble, and
improved sufficiently to enter active mis-
sionary work. Later he established the
| Presbyterian churches at DeLand and
| Beresford Mr.. Gordon's death was quite
sudden although his health has been gener-
ally failing for some time. He leaves wife
| and one son.
Ben Rex is n native cowboy living three
miles from Auburndale. He brought some
sweet milk in bottles to Auburndale Wednes-
day, and Ben was a pleasing type of the
cracker as n milkmau. Holding a bottle in
one hand and an old-fashionod cow-bell
swinging loose on a rawhde belt in the
other, Ben let the ''town folks" know what
kind of q cowboy he Is. Ben Rex has
learned great many little things since the
South Florida railroad was completed
through these lonesome pine hills, three
years ago. He was seated on a grindstone
In front of Patterson's store, Wednesday
morning, when with twinkling eyes he re
lated how, soon after the railroad came, he
stole a ride part of the way home.
He said: 81 got on the car step and
the train lit out. There is big
crook in the road about mile from town
and | lowed they would check up gon
round that, and | could jump off easy
|
faster A little furder on there's tiussol
and | was certain they would sorter stop
but they kept gitten faster and faster,
had pickle dish in one hand, and says |,
must 20 home TO my wife and children
shore. ! steadys myself, and jumps square
out from that car. ] didn't know much for
two hours. got up 100 feet from whore
first lit. was all tore up. II was a rainin
some white sand and oak leaves when left
there lost my pickle dish, and it never
has been found yit. will always be bow
legged, and I've got a mind ter sue the rail
road for it,"
The Lake county commissioners met al
Bloomfield on a called meeting Monday
The following members were present: Capt
w. Il. Denham, J. $. Mahoney Ii. J. NJ
Porter and j. M. Owens, Sr. II was moved
by Mr.. Mahoney that tho minutes of tbs
last meeting be amended and corrected as
10 some election district lines. IL was sc
corrected and accepted. j. &. Perry, super
intendent of registration, offered his bond
for approval and the same was accepted II
was moved 10y Mr.. Porter and seconded by
Mr.. Owens that the road commissioners be
accepted and the same was carried unaui-
mously. +. S. Roberts was appointed re
corder of marks and brands of Atona dis
trict No. 2. L. j. Owens was appointed re
corder Of marks and brands foI
Cashia district No 3. w. W
Smith was appointed recorder ot